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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big Sean
Big Sean
Vocals
Nick Kennerly
Nick Kennerly
Violin
Peter Lee Johnson
Peter Lee Johnson
Violin
Myra Anderson
Myra Anderson
Vocals
Albert Strickland
Albert Strickland
Conductor
Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts
Sampled Artist
Starrah
Starrah
Vocals
Steve Jeffries
Steve Jeffries
Sampled Artist
The Flint Chozen Choir
The Flint Chozen Choir
Background Vocals
Thomas Blaize
Thomas Blaize
Sampled Artist
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Amaire Johnson
Amaire Johnson
Songwriter
Thomas Blaize
Thomas Blaize
Songwriter
Steven Michael Marsden
Steven Michael Marsden
Songwriter
Robert Harris
Robert Harris
Songwriter
Juliet Roberts
Juliet Roberts
Songwriter
Beenie Man
Beenie Man
Songwriter
Steve Jeffries
Steve Jeffries
Songwriter
Andrew Thomas
Andrew Thomas
Songwriter
Brittany Hazzard
Brittany Hazzard
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Rob Got Beats
Rob Got Beats
Producer
Amaire Johnson
Amaire Johnson
Producer
Gregg Rominiecki
Gregg Rominiecki
Recording Engineer
Maximilian Jaeger
Maximilian Jaeger
Recording Engineer
David Pizzimenti
David Pizzimenti
Assistant Recording Engineer
Manny Park
Manny Park
Assistant Recording Engineer
Matthew Sim
Matthew Sim
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rob Kinelski
Rob Kinelski
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Look
All I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah
Wishing all the OG's could see me now, now, yeah
[Verse 2]
And when you feel something you can't see
But you know it's meant to be
You gonna realize that this is bigger than me, yeah
[Verse 3]
Bigger than me
Bigger than me
(When the whole family depend on you to eat man, at night you can't sleep)
Bigger than me
(You gonna realize that this is bigger than me)
[Verse 4]
Get it, get it, get it
I pray that you get it, even if I can't get it with you (Get it)
I pray to God you never let the little things in life distract you from the bigger picture (Up)
Everybody in the city to me like a distant cousin, brother, little sister (Sister)
[Verse 5]
I see myself in the young ones
When I look in their eyes it feel like a mirror (Mirror)
Corleone all on my own (Yah)
Cartier all on my arm (Whoa)
[Verse 6]
All I hear is sirens and car alarms
****'s going to war with no armor on (Grrrt!)
First time I seen a dead body, I was 14 and I felt the pressure
Like if I don't get it, I might end up next to him
I'ma take the dice and I'ma roll a seven (Roll)
[Verse 7]
Seven, seven, seven, 7-Eleven, it's 9/11, getting called around
The hood America's lost and found
Where ****'s get lost and never found (Gone)
All I ever wanted was to turn these G's into M's and new Mercedes keys (Key)
Got it and I still felt incomplete
That's when I realized, this shit was bigger than me
[Verse 8]
Bigger than me
(Damn)
When the whole town on they feet and they all just waiting on you to speak
That's when you realize that this is bigger than me
[Verse 9]
All I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah
Wishing all the OG's could see me now, now yeah (OG)
Oh, ya-ya, yeah
Oh, ya-ya, yeah
(You gon' realize that this was bigger than me)
[Verse 10]
Used to want that foreign, got that foreign
Now it's boring, started touring
Swear to God, that's when I realized, this shit was bigger than me
[Verse 11]
Flash on ****'s with a Rollie
Got that Rollie with the shine but lost my time
That's when I realized, this shit was bigger than me
[Verse 12]
I seen people in the same place ten years later
Man, that shit pathetic
God talking to me, telepathic
Like it only happen if you let it
[Verse 13]
I can't spend my whole life lookin' at the same ceiling fan
When I feel like I ain't got no ceilings, man
If I ain't special, why I feel it then?
[Verse 14]
I gotta get on the road, I gotta be the one chose
I gotta come back and tell the greatest story they never told
This must be the feeling that you get when you know you close
And you know it's a way in, even when the doors are closed
And realize this shit is bigger than me, yeah
[Verse 15]
Bigger than me
When the whole town on they feet and they all just waiting on you to speak
That's when you realize that this is bigger than me
[Verse 16]
All I wanna do is make the city proud, yeah
Wishing all the OG's could see me now, now, yeah
Oh, ya-ya, yeah
Oh, ya-ya, yeah
Oh, ya-ya, yeah
[Verse 17]
Oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, yeah
Oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, yeah
Oh, ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, yeah
[Verse 18]
Well no matter what, I'm proud of you
Even when you do stupid things that I have warned you about
You must get that from your Daddy
I'm just kidding, you know I love you
You listening?
[Verse 19]
Yeah, yeah, I'm listening
I love you too
[Verse 20]
In a way, I feel like I'm living through you
Sometimes it feels like I got another chance at everything
[Verse 21]
Damn, that's deep, you feel like that
I kinda feel the same way though, sometimes (Yeah)
With all the luck that's going on, it feel like
This is like my second time doing it, so I know that sound crazy but
[Verse 22]
You know I just, I don't know why I always imagine myself
As like, someone who failed at everything he ever did at life
You know, and I got to the end of life and just regretted it all
And somehow, this is my chance to go back and get it all right
[Verse 23]
And when I wake up with that mindset
You know, it completely changes my hunger, how I approach the whole day
And if you decide to live your life like that then, psh
Man, I guarantee we'll live life to our best potential
[Verse 24]
It's that simple, it's all about living in the moment
Period
Written by: Amaire Johnson, Andrew Thomas, Beenie Man, Brittany Hazzard, DEAN O NEIL MUNDY, Juliet Roberts, Robert Harris, Sean Anderson, Steve Jeffries, Steven Michael Marsden, Thomas Blaize
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